diff --git a/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle b/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
index 76030400..e874b5b5 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':capacitor-app')
     implementation project(':capacitor-browser')
     implementation project(':capgo-inappbrowser')
+    implementation project(':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio')
     implementation project(':capacitor-nodejs')
 
 }
diff --git a/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7cbefaa0..cd74452b 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/materialious/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,23 @@
             android:grantUriPermissions="true">
             <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
         </provider>
+
+        <service
+            android:name="us.mediagrid.capacitorjs.plugins.nativeaudio.AudioPlayerService"
+            android:description="@string/audio_player_service_description"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaPlayback"
+            android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="androidx.media3.session.MediaSessionService"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+        </service>
+
     </application>
 
     <!-- Permissions -->
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a2310dac..f9764d40 100644
--- a/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/materialious/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     <string name="title_activity_main">Materialious</string>
     <string name="package_name">us.materialio.app</string>
     <string name="custom_url_scheme">us.materialio.app</string>
+    <string name="audio_player_service_description">Allows for audio to play in the background.</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle b/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
index 1717e83a..83049c36 100644
--- a/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
+++ b/materialious/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ project(':capacitor-browser').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/
 include ':capgo-inappbrowser'
 project(':capgo-inappbrowser').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capgo/inappbrowser/android')
 
+include ':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio'
+project(':mediagrid-capacitor-native-audio').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio/android')
+
 include ':capacitor-nodejs'
 project(':capacitor-nodejs').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/capacitor-nodejs/android')
diff --git a/materialious/package-lock.json b/materialious/package-lock.json
index fd975c6a..ceb30743 100644
--- a/materialious/package-lock.json
+++ b/materialious/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "materialious",
-	"version": "1.5.0",
+	"version": "1.5.4",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "materialious",
-			"version": "1.5.0",
+			"version": "1.5.4",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@capacitor-community/electron": "^5.0.1",
 				"@capacitor/android": "6.1.2",
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 				"@capacitor/core": "^6.1.2",
 				"@capgo/inappbrowser": "^6.6.8",
 				"@ffmpeg/ffmpeg": "^0.12.10",
+				"@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": "^1.0.0",
 				"beercss": "^3.7.7",
 				"capacitor-nodejs": "https://github.com/EdenwareApps/Capacitor-NodeJS/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.7/capacitor6-nodejs.tgz",
 				"dashjs": "^4.7.4",
@@ -2725,6 +2726,14 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@material/material-color-utilities/-/material-color-utilities-0.2.7.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-0FCeqG6WvK4/Cc06F/xXMd/pv4FeisI0c1tUpBbfhA2n9Y8eZEv4Karjbmf2ZqQCPUWMrGp8A571tCjizxoTiQ=="
 		},
+		"node_modules/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": {
+			"version": "1.0.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio/-/capacitor-native-audio-1.0.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-jYTKFqMnVxSwlRUm8pO1jGQgoF1dY00xFGJZXn1AUkSI7BLE+kEpVUYjsGn1CuMH5me9aEyOtiVaif5zF2Mwxw==",
+			"peerDependencies": {
+				"@capacitor/core": "^6.0.0"
+			}
+		},
 		"node_modules/@msgpack/msgpack": {
 			"version": "2.8.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@msgpack/msgpack/-/msgpack-2.8.0.tgz",
diff --git a/materialious/package.json b/materialious/package.json
index c03e93e3..01d7502d 100644
--- a/materialious/package.json
+++ b/materialious/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 		"@capacitor/core": "^6.1.2",
 		"@capgo/inappbrowser": "^6.6.8",
 		"@ffmpeg/ffmpeg": "^0.12.10",
+		"@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio": "^1.0.0",
 		"beercss": "^3.7.7",
 		"capacitor-nodejs": "https://github.com/EdenwareApps/Capacitor-NodeJS/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.7/capacitor6-nodejs.tgz",
 		"dashjs": "^4.7.4",
@@ -71,4 +72,4 @@
 		"terser": "^5.33.0",
 		"vidstack": "^1.12.9"
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
index 2f189788..00f07035 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/Player.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 	import { page } from '$app/stores';
 	import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
+	import { AudioPlayer } from '@mediagrid/capacitor-native-audio';
 	import type { Page } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 	import { SponsorBlock, type Category, type Segment } from 'sponsorblock-api';
 	import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 	import type { VideoPlay } from './Api/model';
 	import {
 		getBestThumbnail,
+		proxyVideoUrl,
 		pullBitratePreference,
 		videoLength,
 		type PhasedDescription
@@ -337,6 +339,46 @@
 				}
 				await loadPlayerPos();
 			});
+
+			if (Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android') {
+				const highestBitrateAudio = data.video.adaptiveFormats
+					.filter((format) => format.type.startsWith('audio/'))
+					.reduce((prev, current) => {
+						return parseInt(prev.bitrate) > parseInt(current.bitrate) ? prev : current;
+					});
+
+				const audioId = { audioId: data.video.videoId };
+
+				await AudioPlayer.create({
+					...audioId,
+					audioSource: proxyVideoUrl(highestBitrateAudio.url),
+					friendlyTitle: data.video.title,
+					useForNotification: true,
+					loop: player.loop
+				});
+
+				await AudioPlayer.onAudioReady(audioId, async () => {
+					await AudioPlayer.initialize(audioId);
+				});
+
+				await AudioPlayer.onAppGainsFocus(audioId, async () => {
+					await AudioPlayer.pause(audioId);
+
+					const audioPlayerTime = await AudioPlayer.getCurrentTime(audioId);
+
+					player.currentTime = Number(audioPlayerTime.currentTime);
+				});
+
+				await AudioPlayer.onAppLosesFocus(audioId, async () => {
+					await player.pause();
+
+					await AudioPlayer.play(audioId);
+					await AudioPlayer.seek({
+						...audioId,
+						timeInSeconds: Number(player.duration)
+					});
+				});
+			}
 		} else {
 			playerIsLive = true;
 			src = [
@@ -434,13 +476,14 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	onDestroy(() => {
+	onDestroy(async () => {
 		if (typeof silenceSkipperInterval !== 'undefined') {
 			clearInterval(silenceSkipperInterval);
 		}
 		savePlayerPos();
-		player.pause();
+		await player.pause();
 		player.destroy();
+		await AudioPlayer.destroy({ audioId: data.video.videoId });
 		playerPosSet = false;
 	});
 </script>